Scissors



(No Model.)

J. W. J AHN.

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No.'587,968. Patented Aug. 10, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

JOHNV. JAHN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SCISSORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,968, dated August10, 1897.

Application led September 26,1896. Serial No. 607,097. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN IV. JAHN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inScissors, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings. A

This invention relates to certain new improvements in scissors, and hasfor its object to provide within the handle of the scissors a receptaclefor the thread and a receptacle for the needles, thus permitting theoperator to have these articles at hand ready for use at any timedesired.

The invention further aims to construct a scissors combining the aboveadvantages without requiring any alteration of the cutting portion ofthe same.

A still further object of my invention is to construct the scissors asabove described in a manner that will in no way weaken the same ordestroy their durability and will be comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangements of parts to behereinafter more specically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, and whereinlike letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure I is a detail View of the pin. Fig. 2 is a viewshowing scissors having needlereceptacles. Fig. 3 is atop view of aportion of the handle.

In the drawings, a represents the `shank of the handle in all threeforms shown, and within this shank is provided a receptacle l). In Fig.2 I have shown the receptacle extend` ing from the outer end into theshank. For this construction I have provided a pin c, adapted to lit inthe aperture d, said pin carrying a handle c anda half-flange c2,adapted to engage in the groove d, provided in the 5o handle proper. Anaperture f is provided in one of the shanks, said aperture communicatingwith one of the grooves or slots b, this slot being intended for thethread, the end of which may be passed through the aperture, while theother slot is intended for the needles or what other like'small articlesit maybe intended to use it for. By this arrangement the thread may beWound on an ordinary bobbin and extend through the aperture f, where itwill be always ready for use, and when the pins are in their positionthe scissors may be used without danger of the thread or needles beinglost from the same and when required for use will be at hand for same. Yy Y I have shown in the drawings three forms of scissors and theapplication of my invention to each. It will be apparent that the samemay be applied to many other forms of scissors and shears that are nowin use.

It will also be noted that various changes may be made throughout thedetails in construction of the invention as maybe required and as may befound most convenient for the styles of scissors that may be employedWithout departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, scissors provided with shankshaving receptacles formed therein, recesses formed in the handles at oneside of the receptacles and in combination therewith pins fttingin theends of the receptacles, half-anges formed on the pins and adapted toenter the recesses of the handles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. JAI-IN.

lVitnesses: l

A. W. WILSON, H. E. SEIBERT.

